Odysseus‚ King of Ithaca leaves his son‚ wife‚ and friends to travel to the Trojan war. After 10 long years at war‚ it comes time to travel back home to Penelope. Ten long years of being sent places by force‚ and going places by choice. Being disloyal to the ones he loves‚ he finally makes it home to run his kingdom again: Twenty years later. Odysseus may seem like a great loyal leader‚ but in reality he is not. Although Odysseus is a good man by trying hard to get home to Penelope‚ he is also a
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LOVE‚ FRIENDSHIP‚ HONOR: WAR (Iliad by Homer) How do you value your love? How do you value your friendship? And how do you value your honor for the sake of something and someone. Lots of things might occur if we fight for what we value the most‚ and as a result‚ we created wars; war between and against someone. Most circumstances in the Iliad tell about the war between the Achaeans and the Trojans but it fires up when love‚ friendship and honor was became the center of what they are fighting
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can understand what the author wants to express to the readers by comparing Hector and Achilles. Therefore‚ I will compare the strengths and the weakness of both heroes. First of all‚ I will write about Hector. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. He was born as a son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. His father was the king of Troy. He had a wife called Andromache and the son‚ Astyanax. In the European Middle Ages‚ Hector was one of the Nine Worthies. And he was
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1.) Discuss literature pieces that were famous in ancient Greece known as epics Greeks have always been known for their stories and mythological culture. They explained many things in life as affects of these mythological phenomena. It wasn’t until later that they began to use science to understand how things really worked. Mythology and story-telling was exceptionally popular during the Dorian Age‚ and this was a time when Greeks weren’t very advanced. They didn’t have any written documents really
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Mythology Notes 8/21/2014 Myth- Story Legend- Heroic tales of humans‚ more recent past Fairy Tales- Outside of human capabilities‚ improbable for adults‚ entertainment value‚ non human characters‚ magical‚ simple plot structures‚ outside time and place Folklore- Cultural stories‚ tales specific to a culture‚ explanatory of things of importance‚ elements of fear‚ contain regular/common people‚ not focused on Gods or heroes Fable- lessons‚ contain animals‚ clearly fiction Urban Legend-In the
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Alfred Tennyson‚ a British poet‚ wrote the poem‚ Ulysses‚ in 1833 as a literary work that would serve to implicate the importance of education in the lives of the British. In the poem‚ he uses the roman character Ulysses’s thoughts and his experiences as a navy warrior and a King to impose onto the 18th century British the idea that education plays an important role in a prosperous country and that one should embrace the dual act of education disciplining the mind and developing morals to better
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One of the actions that both heroes share is their choice to follow the path toward kleos due to death of a loved one. The death of Patrocles spurs Achilles to revenge his death by joining the war effort against the Trojans. For Astyanax‚ the long ago death of his parents and city incites him to begin a war with the Achaeans. Another action is that both warriors want to have their personal‚ or family-gifted‚ armor before they go off to battle. Also‚ both men get the armor via the help of a goddess
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of the Iliad and the Odyssey. B) Homer 7. This is a Greek double-reed musical instrument that is similar to the modern oboe. B) aulos 8. He is the hero of the Odyssey‚ Homer’s epic account of the hero’s return home from the Trojan War. C) Odysseus 9. In the Greek’s war with Troy‚ he was the Greek’s greatest warrior whose argument with Agamemnon is the subject of Homer’s Iliad. B) Achilles 10. This is the Greek term for "excessive pride." B) hubris 11. This is the head or crowning part of
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Comparing the Odyssey to the Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings and Odyssey are two very weird stories in my opinion. The two stories include several similarities. The most noteworthy similarity of the two that were in common was the use of themes. Both included similar themes such as‚ life‚ death‚power‚ brotherly love‚ myth‚ temptation‚ and journey. One thing I noticed was the use of several different themes included in both stories. In the Lord of the Rings the
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combat the Trojan onslaught. “Like these the massed battalions of Trojans were scattered / by Tydeus’ son‚ and many as they were could not stand against him” (5.93-94). During his superhuman rampage‚ Diomedes pushes back the Trojan army and sustains the vigor of the men at his back. When the various commanders of the greeks get caught in petty problems‚ it is Diomedes that stands as the voice of reason and remains faithful to the greek’s cause. When Agamemnon gives up hope for the war‚ and proposes
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